I swear we aren't a crazy train. We are actually a very normal family with three bouncing toddlers. I promise!!
Last night I noticed Gracie acting a little weird with her left arm. THE left arm. THE left arm that has been broken twice. I filed that in the back of my brain last night to follow up on it this morning. Of course this morning it was our normal routine of therapies. I immediately showed our OT and PT what was going on and told them to not use that during therapy. When the Pedi opened I called to make an appointment and to my delight, Dr. Leach was able to see her at 11:50. I had so much going on this morning with trying to get Gracie's appointment set up for Shriners, all three of them into a special program at TCH, dealing with a medical bill form St. Lukes, and then I get the call that they would be delivering Gracie's new bed in 15 minutes. It was already 11. Ricky just woke up, therapy was leaving, and Brody's vision teacher was arriving. Anyway, Ricky said he was going to take Gracie to the doctor so off they went as I decided where the bed would go.
Dr. Leach examined her arm. Remember we were just there last week and he did a full body examine including range of motion of both arms. He thought something was up and we should do an xray. Luckily they have an xray machine in office. Turns out her elbow is broken!!! To make matters even more weird, it was broken about two weeks ago. She just started acting like it was hurting her last night. Dr. Leach was puzzled as are both Ricky and I. How did we not know? There are unknown skeletal issues with Gracie. She also has major upper body issues. Her elbow formation is a little different but the previous xrays we've gotten show that they are intact. So we are just praying that Shriners will be able to see her ASAP. Our Orthopedic remember he is our FOURTH was wanting to send her to a arm Orthopedic once we were totally done with her leg stuff but we aren't waiting. She needs to be seen ASAP. Dr. Leach didn't put it in a cast because she has good range of motion with it but he has said zero therapies on that arm. I fell like we will know one day what is going on. I just hope its sooner rather than later and that she won't have anymore broken bones. Pretty much makes me sick that this is the third time.
KP
